Time-recorder.



J. & A. DEY.

TIME REGOBDBR.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: 15, 1905.

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JOHN DEY AND ALEXANDER DEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO DEY TIME REGISTER COMPANY, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TIME-RE CORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed June 15, 1905. Serial No. 265,3-87.

To all whom it' may concern:

Re it known that we, JOHN DEY and ALEXANDER DEY, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Recorders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to time recorders and, as regards its more specific features, to that type of time recorders in which workmen indicate upon suitable individual record cards their hours of labor.

One of the objects thereof is to provide simple and positively acting means adapted to place a record receiving member in the Vdesired position relative to printing mechanism adapted to co-act therewith.

Another object is to provide efficient means for positively locking means of the type above mentioned so as to place beyond control of the operator the position as regards movement in one or more directions of the record receiving member.

Another object is to provide practical means for indicating at a glance the condition of those parts of a time recorder which determine the relative position of the record receiving surface and printing mechanism.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the apparatus hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of various possible embodiments of the several features of our invention, Figure l is an elevation of manually-controllable stop-positioning mechanism. Fig. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of certain parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a locking slide. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a card stop with associated parts. Fig. 6 is an elevation of certain parts used in positioning the record-receiving surface, together with means for locking the same. Fig. 7 is a plan of the same.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

As conducing to a better understanding of certain features of our invention, it may here be noted that time recorders indicating by the position of the record upon `the receiving surface the period of time within which the record is made, possess many advantages in the matters of convenience in collation of the individual records and the prevention of fraud in the formation thereof. As, in the most efficient instruments of the general type with which this invention deals, the printing mechanism is stationary, it is requisite that the receiving surface be moved relative thereto in accordance with the period of time which it-is desired to indicate by the position thereon of the record printed.. In order that the record may be so moved without necessitating an excessive time in the use of the instrument, or manipulation of the controlling parts, it is desirable that the mechanism determining the position of the record surface be of the simplest and most desirable construction. It may also be noted at this point that, as the period of time is indicated by position in instruments of the above type and consequently a false position would indicate a false period of time, if the workman were able by anyy means at his disposition to control the position of the record receiving surface, fraudulent registration might easily be accomplished. Moreover, on account of the hard use to which time recorders are subjected, either by reason of rapid manipulation of the same or intentionally forceful actuation of the parts, unless the mechanism is of the strongest and simplest construction, it will soon break down. The above and other defects are obviated in constructions of the nature of that hereinafter described.

Referring now to Fig. l of the drawings, there is indicated at l a portion of the casing of a time recorder inclosing suitably-actuated printing mechanism 2 and a card guide or receiver 3, better shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It may here be noted that, although this invention is peculiarly adapted for use in connection with individual record cards, nevertheless, certain features thereof are of value in connection with record-receiving members of other types. The downward movement of the card within the receiver 3 is limited by an abutment or stop 4 formed` upon a Strap bent so astorest. engagement with the rear surfaCey of the; card receivenas shown at 6 and 7, and clamped, as shown at 8, about a sleeve 9, as byfrneansl of the screws 10. Sleeve 9 is y slidably mounted upon a guide/rod 11 and terminates at its upper end Within a second sleeve 12. The meeting ends of these sleeves fit one another telescopically `and are secured one to another in` such mannerastopernri-t relative rotary-movement and prevent relative: longitudinal movement thereof. Sleeve 112i passes:throughl a, bushingI 113 in the casing 1 andupon being. raised or lowered, the stop14s is.: correspondingly moved'7 the .latter member being. guided bythe engagement ofthe strap 51 with the card receiver asabovedescribed;

Upon. tlieupper end of sleeve 121is fixer-15a locking arm 14., the rree endi of which;- oomsA prises yrojecting:portions 1:5 and 16 adapted# to ein 'race the adjacent parts. off a; lociring*y fra-meA 1.7.y mounted uponV the casingy 1'. jections 15 andi 1&6- arer so spaced one from` another as normallytopermit aslight rock-v ingof the arm froina position in which4 the projection liiengages therear-.surf-ace.ofthe frame to a, positionr in which the inner sur.- faceA off projection 115 restsV against the frontisurface thereof. TheA vertical:y posit-ion4 of: arm 1:4l and', consequently, they position of? stop 4 is determinedY by aseries off perf`or-a4 tions 128- Within. the loclring-l frame 127 With which. a pin 119ii-,Xed in theinner surfaoeof' projection 151is-adapted tocofact. Pin 1%91 is of: such. length as tol perm-it a vertical! movement of the arm. 14. only when theprof.. j'ectiony 16 rests against the. rear.Y surface of? the. locking frame. The aboveedescribed rocking movement of f the; armi 14 isthus pers` mitted only when the pinv4 1.9 is opposite one of the perforations 18', which are preferably equally spaced and', in the present illustra tiveembodiment7 are sevenl in number. lt-

Willthus-beseen that the stop 41isin aposi..

tionI determined by the par-tcularfperfonaf.. tion 1,8' Within which the pin 1-9. restsandi this-st'opis thus adapted to beheld in any one of: a numberofy predetermined positions by means of a proper manipulation ofthe locking-arm 14.

Withinlo cking-frame- 1-7 there lis vp referably provided an indicator20 bearing characters adapted'to denote by reason of their position relative to the several perforations- 18A the time Which will be indicated upona properly formed record car-d when the pin 1.9 rests` Within the `corresponding-perforation.

As. the above means inay-readily befmas nipulated so asl to print a. record'f uponl anyl desired horizontal line ofA thel record card, it is sometimesl desirable to lock the abutmentl against such manipulation, andlthefollowing meansare provided for that-purpose: Upon the rear surface of the locking frame 1=7f is Prol.` l

mounted, as by means of the inclined slots 21 andpinsJ 22, ak locking slide 23 having a flangei24, adapted, with the pin 19 in one of perforations 18 and the inner surface of projection 15 resting against the front surface of the locking frame7 to fit between the rearA surfaceof the locking frame and the projection 16 and thus prevent the pin from being swung out ofl the perforation Within Which it is positioned. Slide 23, which may be retracted by gravity or otherdesired means, is thrown upwardly andlv into locking position by,y mea-ns of. a pin 25 slidably mounted. in4 the. casing 1;. rlhis pin normally rests upon the. '2561 mounted uponl the lower surface casing, as by meansof screwv 27 andy slot 28. ,A key.actu-atedt locl 2.9i'- of any desired type si'spositionedwithin the casing, as-shovvn in the.' position of the strap 261 in any desired lrnanner.1

The oper-ation ot the above-describedl feas tures.l offour `invention are as follows Assum- ;ma-nipulatedf freely by the Workmen, the

italie lockingy arm 14@ until the. pin 19. isfree 4from; engagement- With the locking frame,

endl thereof i'sopposite the characters-indicarecord is tobe made. ihe arm 14 is then iA rocked card may beinserted. Within receiver 3 and s-tampedinany desired manner, asvby means only-by theuse of! a key colactingwith the loclr29.

Asit'isoften-desirable that therecord card besshiftedlaterally With respect to the printing wheels, adaptedto engageV thus determine its lateral position, y are providedwith-a rack 32finter-meshing with a pinV ion- 33: upon a sleevel 34 which is journaled upon the frame of theinstrurnent. Co-acte detachable coupling-35, is a spindle36 journaled-Within a door 37 which is hinged to the casing 1. Upon spindle36-isfixeda crank inclined end of a strap ofl thel Fig, 1, and isv connected with and controls.

ging that it be desiredV that the card' stop be f samezisaccomplished asbyineans of rocking then raising ordepressing the armunt-il the.

ltive of the period oftime Within which theuntil': the pin 19 is thrust Within the correspondingperforation 18-v and: the record offor-eing thesame in to Contact With printing- Wheel`s2 by means-of platen'30y l-f'it be detlieinclined end ofthe strap 26.

ally owing to the inclined' conformation of' Arm 1=4x isthuslocked in position and can be releasedthe members 31, which are the sidesof the card andv ingvvitli sleeve 34 as by-any desired'form of festifs arm 3S adapted to co-act with any desired form kof indicatorSQ by which the position of rack 32, and `consequently `of the record card', relative to the `printing mechanism Vmay be shown. y A disk 40, preferably comprising -one of the members "of coupling 35, is slotted about its circumference, as shown at 41, and 'a latch "o'r locking slide 42 mounted upon the ylower side of the Vd `5or 37 as by means of screw 43 'and slot 44 is adapted to be thrust Within one of the slots 41 and 'thus lock the spindle 36 and card engaging `:member 31 against movement. Locking slide or latch 42 Vis controlled by any desired form yof key-actuated lock 45 adapted to be operated by a key or equivalent member inserted therein from Without the casing of the instrument.

rThe operation of the immediately abovedescribed features vof our invention is as fol'- lows: Assuming that it be desired that thrughout a given period of time, the records be printed in 'a certain vertical column upon the record cards, the 'crank 38 is rotated until the members 31 are so disposeda's to position the record cards in the desired relation to the printing mechanism 2. rhe parts are then locked in this position by means (if the locking'slide 42 which is thrust within the slot 41 opposite thereto. lt will thus be seen that we have provided simple and efficient means for accomplishing the several objects of our invention and that these means are of the most practical and durable form. Our invention may be applied, moreover, to instruments now in use with slight alterations in the mechanism thereof. lt will also be seen that means are provided whereby, if desired, the record receiving member may be quickly and positively thrown into any desired position with reference to the printing mechanism or the same may be locked so as to place beyond control of the user either or both 'of the means whereby the position of such member is changedfin either a ver'ticalor a horizontal direction.

ln order to avoid the chance of ambiguity in the interpretation of terms used throughout this speciiication and the following claims, it may here be noted that expressions of the nature of lateral and vertical are used, in general, in a relative sense and without reference to their absoluteA meaning. It may also be noted that by key-controlled is meant a condition whereby the means so described are either'actuated directly by a key or equivalent member, or such member is'reauired in order to render this means accessible.V rlie term casing is used in a broad sense to denote any form of inclosing means. A

smanychanges could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of our invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, we vintend that Vall matter contained in the above description (or shown inthe -accomp anying 'drawings shall be interpreted as villustrative and not in a limiting sense.

TWe desire it ralso to 'be'un'dersto'od that the language used in the following claims vis intended 'to cover all of the generic and speci'lic features of the invention herein-described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which as Va matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described our invention, what `W`e claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism, card engaging means, means adapted to shift said card engaging means laterally with respect to said printing mechanism, means without said casing adapted manually 'to actuate said shifting means, a locking member Within said casing adapted to engage parts Vconnected with said shifting means, and a lock adapted to be actuated by a key fromwithout said casing controlling said locking member.

2. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism, card engaging means, means adapted to shift laterally said card engaging means with respect to said printing mechanism, said shifting means comprising a rotatable member and a disk fixed upon said rotatable member and having slots, manually-actuated means without said casing controlling said shifting means, a slidable memberwithin said casing adapted to be thrust within said slots and positively lock said shifting mechanism against movement in eitr er direction, and means adapted to be actuated by a key from without said casing controlling said slidable member.

3. In a time recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a co-acting record card, a casing, and a manually-controlled member directly connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing and adapted to be seized and actuated to control the position of said abutment.

4. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of aco'- acting record card, a manually-controlled member connected directly with said abutment and projecting through said casing and adapted to be seized and actuated to control tre position of said abutment, and means adapted to hold said member in any one of a number of predetermined positions.

5. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing meclv anism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a manually-controlled member connected with and adapted to control the position of said abutment and projecting through said casing, and rocking means connected with said manually-controlled member adapted in one position to lock the same against bodily movement and in another position to permit free bodily movement thereof.

6. 1n a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction ot a coacting record card, a manually-controlled member connected with and adapted to control tlie position of said abutment, and rocking means connected with said manuallycontrolled member adapted in one poition to lool; tile same against bodily movement and in another position to permit tree bodily movement tnereof. 7. ln a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inolosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a manually controlled member connected with and controlling the position ot' said abutment, means connected Withsaid member adapted to be rocked about tlze axis tlf. ereot, and a fixed member having irregularities in its surface, said rocking means being adapted upon being rocked into engagement witri said irregularities to lock said manually-controlled member against bodily movement in eit'er direction and upon being swung from said irregularities of said locking member to permit free bodily movement ot said manu ally-controlled member.

8.1n a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to -limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a manually-controlled member connected with and controlling the position ot said abutment, means connected withsaid member adapted to be rocked about the axis thereof, a 'lixed member having irregularities in its surface, said rocking means being adapted upon being thrown into engagement with. said irregularities to lock said manually controlled member against bodily movement in either direction and upon being swung lree from said irregularities to permit free bodily movement of said manually controlled member, and a visual indicator adapted to show the position of said abutment.

9. 1n a time recorder, in combination, a casing having a lixed member thereon, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction ot' a co-acting record card relative to the printing mechanism, a

manually controlled member directly connected with said abutment projecting through said casing, said member being adapted upon being reciprocated to cause a corresponding movement of said abutment, and means carried by said member movable thereon to coperate with said xed member on the casing to lock said manually controlled member against vertical movement.

10. 1n a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a member directly connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing adapted upon being reciprocated to cause a corresponding movement of said abutment, and means carried by said member adapted by being swung about the axis of said member to lool: the same against vertical movement.

l1. 1n a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a longitudinally movable member directly connected with said abutment and movable in either direction simultaneously therewith, said member projecting through casing and movably mounted to control the position of said abutment, a locking arm upon said member provided with a pin, and a locking frame provided with a plurality of openings, said locking arm being movably mounted to be swung so as to thrust said pin within one of said openings and lock said abutment against vertical movement in either direction.

l2. ln a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism, card engaging means, manually actuated means exterior of the casing to shift said card engaging means with respect to the printing mechanism, holding means exterior to the casing and co-acting with said manually actuated means to hold the card engaging means against movement in either direction, and a 1Key-operated lock located within the casing but accessible from the exterior thereof to lock said engaging means against movement irrespective of the condition of said holding means.

13. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a co-acting record card, a manually-controlled member connected with said abutment within the casing and projecting exterior to the casing and adapted to control the position of' said abutment, and key-controlled means located wholly within the casing adapted to lock said manually-controlled member against movement in either direction.

14.. In; ai time recorder, in` combinatinn-,1 ai casing, printing mechanisminclose dthereby,i a movabley abutmentl adaptedv to limit` the4 relative movementin, one direction ofv a co;-

acting record card a. v manually-controlled i member connected withl saidv abutment and.

,partsN of said manually-controlled member exterior to the casing adapted to locksaid` member against movement in either direction.

15. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing having a fixed member, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one? direction of a co-actingv record card, a reciprocatory manually controlled member connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing, adapted upon being reciprocated to control the position of said abutment, a. locking member upon said manually controlled member movable into one position t'o engage said fixed member to hold s aidmanually controlled vmember against bodily movement in either direction, and in another position out of engagement with said fixed member to permit a free bodily movement, of said manually controlled member, and means to lock saidA locking member in said firstnamed position.

16. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, rinting mechanism inclosed thereby, a mova le abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a co-acting record card, a manually-controlled member connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing adapted to control the position of said abutment, a member upon said movable member adapted in one position to hold said movable member against bodily movement in either direction, and in another position to permit a free bodily movement thereof, and key-controlled locking means adapted to lock said member in said first-mentioned position.

17. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, rinting mechanism inclosed thereby, a mova rle abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a manu ally-controlled member connected with said abutment and projecting throrfh said casing adapted to control the position ofy said abutment, a member on said movable member adapted to be rocked from one position to another, relatively fixed locking means co-acting with said rocking member adapted in one position thereof to prevent bodily movement of said movable member and in another position thereof to; ,permit free bod-ily' movement of. said membem and key-controlled locking means adapted toy lock said rockingk member in said first-mentioned position.

, 118.A En a time recorder,I in combinatiom aj casing, printing mechanism inclfosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative. movement inA one direction of a ooac-ting record card, a mentally-controlled member connected with. said abntmentand projecting throtfgh said casing and adapted to.` control the position of said abutment, a relatively fixed member, means upon said movable member adapted in one position to be thrt st into engagement with said relatively ii-Xed memb er to prevent bodily movement of said movableA member,A and in another position to permit free bodily movement thereof,A and hey-controlled locling means adapted to lock said means upon said movable member in said first-mentioned position.

19., In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, )rinting mechanism inclosed thereby, a mova le abutment adapted to limit the relative movementin one direction of a coacting record card, a manually-controlled. merel@ er connected with Said. abutment, and projecting throrgh said easingv adapted to control the position of: said abutment, a rela1 tively fixed member, a member fixed rpon said movable member having two rojeo'u ing portions ada tedy to embrace said fixed member, interloc ring means upon said fixed member and one of said portions adapted upon said ortion being t-hrt st toward said fixed mem er to lock said movable member against bodily movement in either direction, and key-controlled locking mea-ns adapted to be tbrt st between said fixed member and the other ofsaid portions to hold said nterloclffing means 1upon said first-mentioned port-ion and said fixed member in engagement. l

20. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, krinting mechanisrninclosed thereby, a mova le abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a movable member projecting through said casing and connected with said abutment adapted to control the position thereof, an arm fixed upon said movable member, a relatively fixed loclling member, said arm having two portions adapted to straddle said fixed member and a pin upon one of said ortions adapted to coact with a series o openings within said iixed member, said arm being adapted upon said pin being thrr st within one of said openings to prevent bodily movement of said movab e member, and means adapted tobe thrr st between the other of said ortions and said xed member to hold sai pin within the opening wherein it is positioned.

21. In a time recorder, in combination, a

casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a movable member projecting through said casing and connected with said abutment adapted to control the position thereof, an arm fixed upon said movable member, a relatively fixed locking member, said arm having two portions adapted to straddle said fixed member, a pin upon one of said portions adapted to co-act with a series of openings within said fixed member, said arm being adapted upon said pin being thrust within one of' said openings to prevent bodily movement of said movable member, means adapted to be thrust between the other of said portions and said fixed member to hold said pin witiin the opening wherein it is positioned, and key-controlled locking means controlling said last-mentioned means.

22. In a time recorder, in combination, a casi 11g, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a member connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing adapted to control the position of said abutment, a relatively xed locking member, an arm upon said movable member having portions straddling said fixed member, one of said portions being adapted upon being thrust toward said fixed member to interlock therewith and lock said movable member against bodily movement in either direction, and slidable means mounted upon said iixed member adapted to be thrust between the same and the other of said portions to hold said interlocking means in engagement.

23. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a member connected with said abutment and projecting through said casing adapted to control the position of said abutment, a relatively fixed locking member, an arm upon said movable member having portions straddling said fixed member, one of said portions being adapted upon being Y thrust toward said iixed member to interlock therewith and lock said movable member against bodily movement in either direction, means mounted upon said fixed member and having a sliding connection therewith adapted to be thrown between the same and the other of said portions and hold said interlocking means in engagement, a pin projecting through said casing and controlling the position of said last-mentioned means, and key-controlled means controlling the position of said pin.

24. In a time recorder, in combination, a casing, printing mechanism inclosed thereby, a movable abutment adapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coacting record card, a member connected with said abutment and projecting through said casmg adapted to control the position of said abutment, a relatively iixed locking member, an arm upon said movable member having portions straddling said xed member, one of said portions being adapted upon being thrust toward said iixed member to interlock therewith and lock said movable member against bodily movement in either direction, a locking plate mounted upon said iixed member, said locking plate being provided with inclined slots and having pins projecting through said slot within said iixed member, a pin projecting through said casing and controlling the position of said locking plate, a member having an inclined surface engaging said pin and adapted upon movement to throw said locking plate between said fixed member and the other of said portions of said arm to hold said locking means in engagement, and key-actuated means adapted to be controlled from without said casing adapted to move said member having said inclined surface and throw said locking plate into operative position.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DEY. ALEXANDER DEY. Witnesses:

CLARA SACKETT RAYMOND, F. P. WARFLELD. 

